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one of the most central things i think to come out of the debate was debate over mitt romney's proposal for tax policy, which is a 20% rate cut across the board, but he also says there's these other conditions, right, that it will be revenue neutral and that he's not going to lower taxes on people in the high income. and the question is can you get all three of those principles to work together? joe, you were talking about the broad principles you want out of a tax system, raising revenue, right? we want to raise enough revenue to fund the government, which i don't think we're doing. we have taxes that are a percentage of gdp at a 50 or 60 year low. you want fairness. and you want to promote growth. you were speaking about warren buffet before i cut you off to go to break. >> warren buffet has edicts that are wrong for somebody like him to pay a lower tax rate than a secretary. you tax -- i would feel a lot more comfortable if romney came out and said i agree with that principle. the buffet principle is correct. it's not just a question of fairness, it's a question of efficiency and gro
one of the most central things i think to come out of the debate was debate over mitt romney's proposal for tax policy, which is a 20% rate cut across the board, but he also says there's these other conditions, right, that it will be revenue neutral and that he's not going to lower taxes on people in the high income. and the question is can you get all three of those principles to work together? joe, you were talking about the broad principles you want out of a tax system, raising revenue,...
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at the debate in december, romney attacked him. in the last debate, gingrich doubled down on that and said -- romney didn't say anything. in fact, said obama threw israel under the bus. >> plus, incredibly provocative, dangerous notion you move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. that is gingrich's platform and now that is -- that is given balan ballast. >> it actually hasn't. that is the interesting thing. in fact, the only moment of core between romney and gingrich on the last debate was on israel. gingrich turned to romney saying i agree with you completely. >> the real issue is what allowed this to happen. what allowed this extreme amount of money to go into politics when we have been working with some form of campaign finance my entire life and it's the citizens united supreme court decision which allowed billionaires and corporations to use their resources, their money, to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens and it is very undemocratic and i would say, frankly, dangerous. >> david, you want to weigh in with somethin
at the debate in december, romney attacked him. in the last debate, gingrich doubled down on that and said -- romney didn't say anything. in fact, said obama threw israel under the bus. >> plus, incredibly provocative, dangerous notion you move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. that is gingrich's platform and now that is -- that is given balan ballast. >> it actually hasn't. that is the interesting thing. in fact, the only moment of core between romney and gingrich on the last...
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on tuesday's debate, president obama and mitt romney had one of the test iest debates of the night. the exchange began on the issue of outsourcing jobs to china. >> keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. and is currently investing in countries -- in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. >> any investments i have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind trust. i understand they do include investments outside the united states including in chinese companies. mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> i've got to say. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> you know, i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. >> let me give you some advice. >> i don't check it that often. >> let me give you some advice. look at your pension. you also have investments in chinese companies. you also have investments outside of the united states. you also have investments --
on tuesday's debate, president obama and mitt romney had one of the test iest debates of the night. the exchange began on the issue of outsourcing jobs to china. >> keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. and is currently investing in countries -- in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. >> any...
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we have won the debates. we showed that we are capable of running the country, being commander in chief. i think that these rallies that they have where you get pictures of ginormous -- >> they photo shopped yesterday. >> i heard that. my point is i think momentum is something the romney campaign definitely sees inevitability and the obama campaign -- >> but the big question, is there a causal relationship? this to me remains the undetermined thing. we'll talk to a political scientist who studies undecided voters in a little bit. it's a question, is there actually causal relationship between this perception and momentum and pushing people off the fence? >> momentum is all generated from national polls. you look at the washington national poll, gallup poll, none of that matters. it's down to six swing states, i think three or four that are really, really in play. in those as nate said, it's been even steadier. to freak out about romney getting 50%, even the white vote sort of going away from obama to romney, f
we have won the debates. we showed that we are capable of running the country, being commander in chief. i think that these rallies that they have where you get pictures of ginormous -- >> they photo shopped yesterday. >> i heard that. my point is i think momentum is something the romney campaign definitely sees inevitability and the obama campaign -- >> but the big question, is there a causal relationship? this to me remains the undetermined thing. we'll talk to a political...
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. >> in the debate, you saw mitt romney can no longer defend tax cuts for the rich. he wants to say i'm not for tax cuts for the rich, it's for small business. look at the definition. under the definition of small business -- >> hold that thought. let me play mitt romney making that case where he says you want to raise taxes, that's fine. you think you are going to stick it to rich people. really, you are going to stick it to the beloved small business owner. check it out. >> mr. president, you are right with regards to 97% of the businesses are not taxed at 35% tax rate, it's a lower rate. those businesses, the last 3% happen to employ half, half of all the people who work in small business. >> okay. please respond to that. there is so much nonsense in that little bit of sound. >> first of all, the statistic that it employs half is ridiculous. let's look at it carefully. under that definition of small business, i'm a business. why? because i have written a book. i get royalties. that's business income. mitt romney cuts my taxes. now, i'm not going to hire anyone. th
. >> in the debate, you saw mitt romney can no longer defend tax cuts for the rich. he wants to say i'm not for tax cuts for the rich, it's for small business. look at the definition. under the definition of small business -- >> hold that thought. let me play mitt romney making that case where he says you want to raise taxes, that's fine. you think you are going to stick it to rich people. really, you are going to stick it to the beloved small business owner. check it out. >>...
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the defining moment of tuesday night's presidential debate came between president obama and mitt romney on last month's attack in benghazi, libya. the issue was seen as a slam dunk for romney, but quickly turned into a political disaster. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror. >> i think it was interesting, the president said on the day after the attack, he went into the rose garden and said this was an act of terror. you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you are saying? is that what you are saying? >> please proceed, governor. >> i want to make that clear for the record. it took him 14 days before he called it an attack. >> he did, in fact, sir. let me call it an act of terror. >> after that, romney dropped libya from his speech and has not mentioned it since. because he backed away from talking about benghazi doesn't mean there are unans
the defining moment of tuesday night's presidential debate came between president obama and mitt romney on last month's attack in benghazi, libya. the issue was seen as a slam dunk for romney, but quickly turned into a political disaster. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror. >> i think it was interesting, the president said on...
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he needed to set the stage for his boss to regain his footing during his second debate with mitt romney this tuesday. i think biden accomplished that mission. i think what made the difference was that biden was aggressive, uninhibited with preoccupation by preserving his own image and adept at leveraging his stature. the single best exchange biden wasted no time for calling out ryan for his apparent hypocrisy when it comes to stimulus funds. >> look at the $90 billion in stimulus. the vice president was in charge of seeing this. $90 billion in green pork to campaign contributors and special interest groups. >> i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. you know what -- >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> sure he did. >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. this is such a bad program and he writes me a letter saying the
he needed to set the stage for his boss to regain his footing during his second debate with mitt romney this tuesday. i think biden accomplished that mission. i think what made the difference was that biden was aggressive, uninhibited with preoccupation by preserving his own image and adept at leveraging his stature. the single best exchange biden wasted no time for calling out ryan for his apparent hypocrisy when it comes to stimulus funds. >> look at the $90 billion in stimulus. the...
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this is an nbc debate about whether mitt romney would apoint him. >> i'd be looking for somebody new. i'm -- i think ben bernanke has over-inflated the amount of currency that it's created. we r. >> now, my point here is that the position that you just said. you just say ben bernanke can solve this by himself, which is a view you never here articulated anywhere in politics. my point is that there is an asymmetry in politics and in the debate that we have. they've gained a lot of traction. i didn't realize until very recently that there was the view that you have articulated and a lot of economists have been saying. that the fed is doing too little and the fed could solve the business cycle. so what it seems to me is that the seesaw is only being produced on one side. >> doesn't every single mainstream economist think that the fed has done too little? this is actually really unusual, usual time for the fed. the fed has often faced political pressure. political pressure because it's not doing enough about employment. and this is a very new time where it's facing a lot of political press
this is an nbc debate about whether mitt romney would apoint him. >> i'd be looking for somebody new. i'm -- i think ben bernanke has over-inflated the amount of currency that it's created. we r. >> now, my point here is that the position that you just said. you just say ben bernanke can solve this by himself, which is a view you never here articulated anywhere in politics. my point is that there is an asymmetry in politics and in the debate that we have. they've gained a lot of...
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and had a really bad debate. >> i think that thursday night, really helped romney a lot because he showed that he had thing in his core and had fire in his belly which had been so miserably lacking by playing it so -- being so poll tested. ing the fact he could get up there and show anger because people really -- republicans want ideas. they want the same kind of -- look at barack obama's success. he started a movement. it was -- it was hopeful and change and it was this and that. they want to -- i mean, they need a similar kind of inspirational figure. >> that's a question. do they want ideas or do -- and -- that relates to something i want to talk about next which is ---ing where the gop is with regards to latinos in this country and that's been front and center. we will talk about that right after this. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -
and had a really bad debate. >> i think that thursday night, really helped romney a lot because he showed that he had thing in his core and had fire in his belly which had been so miserably lacking by playing it so -- being so poll tested. ing the fact he could get up there and show anger because people really -- republicans want ideas. they want the same kind of -- look at barack obama's success. he started a movement. it was -- it was hopeful and change and it was this and that. they...
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debate in new york. you should know the format will be a town hall with undecided voters posing questions for the candidates. we will cover the debate here on msnbc. special coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. you should know i'll probably once again sell out and wear a tie. i want to know what my guests think we should know for the week coming up. dave? >> next week in the debate, it's going to focus on foreign policy and most pundits tell you the foreign policy is not important in an election because people focus on domestic policy and the economy. but, what i would say, you should know that foreign policy, while the substance may not be important, the way the candidates portray themselves, whether they portray themselves as knowledgeable, informed, competent to be commander and chief is important and crucial. >> very interesting. mila? >> one in six u.s. households will not not have enough to eat by the end of the month. half of all jobs will still pay less than $34,000 a year and we will not hear much discu
debate in new york. you should know the format will be a town hall with undecided voters posing questions for the candidates. we will cover the debate here on msnbc. special coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. you should know i'll probably once again sell out and wear a tie. i want to know what my guests think we should know for the week coming up. dave? >> next week in the debate, it's going to focus on foreign policy and most pundits tell you the foreign policy is not important in an election...
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but obama going strong after mitt romney in a debate in october, a month before the elections, it will come up again. >> yeah. there's also the idea of a division of labor in terms of negative attacks. let's remember swift voters for truth, it was run independently. the willie horton was run independently. ed rendell said something pretty provocative on our air yesterday about this possibly hurting the president's brand. i want to play that and get your reaction right after this. won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... [ female announcer ] neosporin® plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. neosporin® plus pain relief. for a two dollar coupon, visit neosporin.com.
but obama going strong after mitt romney in a debate in october, a month before the elections, it will come up again. >> yeah. there's also the idea of a division of labor in terms of negative attacks. let's remember swift voters for truth, it was run independently. the willie horton was run independently. ed rendell said something pretty provocative on our air yesterday about this possibly hurting the president's brand. i want to play that and get your reaction right after this. won't...
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you remember that was a big theme in the debate, romney consistently attacking him for being pro-amnesty n massachusetts, romney very aggressive if i'm remembering the story correctly, pushing english-only education in massachusetts schools. many thing romney has a moderate history on, there isn't a whole lot of history being pro-comprehensive immigration reform. he attacked rick perry, his comments on immigration, run for the right on the dream act which mean latinos support. so, i don't -- not only i do not think he can shift on this very well but doesn't appear to me that he actually is containing a shift within him. >> i can't ever tell with romney. no offense, i don't see the guy having a core. i just -- i mean, from a sentence to the next sentence, he changes his mind. he just does. >> that was his problem specifically with mississippi which i will talk about since i'm from mississippi. and he could have really, i feel, gotten support by presenting himself as a man of faith and not hiding from his mormonism. certainly, i do think it hurt him with evangelicals but look at joe lieb h
you remember that was a big theme in the debate, romney consistently attacking him for being pro-amnesty n massachusetts, romney very aggressive if i'm remembering the story correctly, pushing english-only education in massachusetts schools. many thing romney has a moderate history on, there isn't a whole lot of history being pro-comprehensive immigration reform. he attacked rick perry, his comments on immigration, run for the right on the dream act which mean latinos support. so, i don't --...
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>> romney is trying to stake a clear line between entitlement society. it is fascinating the way it is coming up in the election because it lets a lot of inequality off the hook. he said that pretty blank you can vote for me the candidate of opportunity or vote for the so-called entitlement society. >> what is frustrating is opportunity comes -- he is describing this idea of opportunity and then the proposal is to cut a lot of opportunity. so opportunity comes from having access to good education. opportunity comes from a lot of services that government decides. it is the opportunity versus this idea of entitlement. the government funds important things. and when i think about the reason we need progressive tax rates in particular is because we do want the government to make investments in people. when they pay off the government should get a share in that just like romney got a share in his investments in bain. when they pay off. the government invested in me. i couldn't have gone through college without school loans. the government decided to fund my p
>> romney is trying to stake a clear line between entitlement society. it is fascinating the way it is coming up in the election because it lets a lot of inequality off the hook. he said that pretty blank you can vote for me the candidate of opportunity or vote for the so-called entitlement society. >> what is frustrating is opportunity comes -- he is describing this idea of opportunity and then the proposal is to cut a lot of opportunity. so opportunity comes from having access to...
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i'm happy to have that debate with governor romney. >> clearly, newt gingrich unleashing on romney. he says he's not going away. is that good or bad for the party? >> you know, i go back and forth on this question. at the end of the day, i kind of think it is irrelevant. gingrich, it is clearly the case the ongoing fight is causing gingrich's negatives to go up, causing them go up among independents and bruising him on the general election. we always knew that this is going to be a very negative fall campaign on both sides. and both sides are going to end up with high negatives anyway. i'm not sure it is going to make a huge difference in the friend karen, give me a big picture perspective on how all it happened in nevada, plays out with the democrats. >> couple of things. where romney is trying to make the argument, look, i have shown i can win out west and in the south among all different kinds of voters, what democrats are looking at is turnout. turnout numbers are very low. i think we need to keep that in perspective. when the democratic contests went on in 2008, it was a plus f
i'm happy to have that debate with governor romney. >> clearly, newt gingrich unleashing on romney. he says he's not going away. is that good or bad for the party? >> you know, i go back and forth on this question. at the end of the day, i kind of think it is irrelevant. gingrich, it is clearly the case the ongoing fight is causing gingrich's negatives to go up, causing them go up among independents and bruising him on the general election. we always knew that this is going to be a...
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whether mitt romney or barack obama win? >> absolutely not. sadly, it doesn't matter. mostly because afghans knew right from the start, when president obama, when candidate obama was running for office, he ran on the policy of escalating the war in afghanistan. it came as no surprise. it shouldn't have come as any surprise to the anti-war movement to people here in the u.s. that the war was escalated. and that's something that bush in fact, he escalated what bush was doing. and so you know, i think it makes, it's very going to make very little difference. because the women of rawa understand that the policies of america are driven by american interests, not afghan interests. >> does it make very little different for this reason, because we're getting out anyway, 0or does it make little difference because it's going to perpetuate it? is it the case that continuity at this point means a slide towards inevitable withdrawal. or are we going to see the ball kicked down the road again and again, like we have seen already. >> i dou
whether mitt romney or barack obama win? >> absolutely not. sadly, it doesn't matter. mostly because afghans knew right from the start, when president obama, when candidate obama was running for office, he ran on the policy of escalating the war in afghanistan. it came as no surprise. it shouldn't have come as any surprise to the anti-war movement to people here in the u.s. that the war was escalated. and that's something that bush in fact, he escalated what bush was doing. and so you...
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i think what we saw in the aftermath of the first debate was romney folks feeling like it was all of a sudden okay to be proud to be out as romney voter. >> true. >> i did not see that before that. i think there are a number of folks who are feeling visceral emotions out there. i have been certainly evangelizing to my colleagues in d.c. about the need to get out into the swing states in the last few days of the election. i think some of this comes down to raw gut. i don't think the momentum is happening. i think ohio is going to be key. we are seeing romney go to maine to pick up the one electoral vote we can get from there. they are racing all over covering their bases. it's going to be super interesting. maine and nebraska, barack obama won the congressional district in nebraska last time around omaha. there are ways to get to 269, 269, tie. of course the electoral college has an even number of votes. why have that be possible, but it is possible. how do you think the romney campaign sees this? >> i think you have to think about wisconsin. wisconsin and ohio -- >> this is the big q
i think what we saw in the aftermath of the first debate was romney folks feeling like it was all of a sudden okay to be proud to be out as romney voter. >> true. >> i did not see that before that. i think there are a number of folks who are feeling visceral emotions out there. i have been certainly evangelizing to my colleagues in d.c. about the need to get out into the swing states in the last few days of the election. i think some of this comes down to raw gut. i don't think the...
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among the right that is the debate that should be happening after election day, why mitt romney lost. it's happening right now. it's still a very close race. it's still a very winnable race for mitt romney, a. and, b, i think all of the big money is contributing to this. i want to talk about how that plays into this right after we take this break. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ tdd#
among the right that is the debate that should be happening after election day, why mitt romney lost. it's happening right now. it's still a very close race. it's still a very winnable race for mitt romney, a. and, b, i think all of the big money is contributing to this. i want to talk about how that plays into this right after we take this break. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn...
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that's exactly what mitt romney did at a debate earlier this year. >> my dad, as you know, born in mexico, poor, didn't get a college degree, became the head of a car company. i could have stayed in detroit like him and got pulled up in the car company. i went off on my own. i didn't inherit money from my parents. what i had, i earned. i worked hard in the american way. >> a land where people rise and fall on their own pluck, drive, and intelligence, a land where we uniquely decry a quality of opportunity and whoever comes out the winner in the actual competition, then they're the deserving ones. in fact, paul ryan himself made precisely that point during his first speech as v.p. candidate on saturday. >> we promise equal opportunity, not equal outcomes, and this idea was founded on the principles of liberty, freedom, free enterprise, self-determination, and government by consent of the governed. >> of course, even if you accept this as the mandate of american fair ps, how exactly does cutting food stamps for poor kids preserve quality of opportunity or cutting medicaid by a third, leavin
that's exactly what mitt romney did at a debate earlier this year. >> my dad, as you know, born in mexico, poor, didn't get a college degree, became the head of a car company. i could have stayed in detroit like him and got pulled up in the car company. i went off on my own. i didn't inherit money from my parents. what i had, i earned. i worked hard in the american way. >> a land where people rise and fall on their own pluck, drive, and intelligence, a land where we uniquely decry a...
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. >> we debated what happens if mitt romney is elected president. the law does survive and could have one last final challenge before the cement dries on the law being permanent, but obviously that's the big news of the week. what do we now snow in. >> we focus on the court's ability to strike things down. it also has the similar et rick power when this occurs when the institution is controlled, a democrat law, by republican appointees. that's interesting. andç relatedly, we know that t institution in washington, where on some things democrats and republicans can actually vote on the same side. so john roberts voted with four liberals to basically democrats to uphold, an john roberts is a republican appointee, to uphold obamacare. and he vote odden the other side with four conservative republicans and two liberal democrats. and that's news that there's at least one institution in our nation's capital where sometimes democrs and republicans work together. >> i know more about the constitutionality and the apf organization or lack thereof. that piec
. >> we debated what happens if mitt romney is elected president. the law does survive and could have one last final challenge before the cement dries on the law being permanent, but obviously that's the big news of the week. what do we now snow in. >> we focus on the court's ability to strike things down. it also has the similar et rick power when this occurs when the institution is controlled, a democrat law, by republican appointees. that's interesting. andç relatedly, we know...
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then you have mitt romney who represents winning. >> right. >> it's going to be really, really interesting, actually, to see how that debate works out within the republican party and i think in the country overall. >> debate tonight and debate -- republican debate right here tomorrow actually on our network. so, we'll be following that. we'll be talking about some of it tomorrow. >> this is only new for me, not necessarily new for the world, but i read a wonderful book by a guy called robert whitaker called "anatomy of an epidemic" and early on he notes 1 in 76 americans is disabled by mental illness. that number 20 years ago was half as big. in the 1950s it was one-sixth as big. for whatever reason, we've grown more affluent, yet compared to countries much, much poorer, much more inequality, but have this extraordinary number of increase in people who can't work, socially isolated because of mental illness and the controversial thesis is that it is due to our heavy reliance on psychopharmaceuticals. it is an incredibly beautifully written book. very compelling and speaks to a deep problem
then you have mitt romney who represents winning. >> right. >> it's going to be really, really interesting, actually, to see how that debate works out within the republican party and i think in the country overall. >> debate tonight and debate -- republican debate right here tomorrow actually on our network. so, we'll be following that. we'll be talking about some of it tomorrow. >> this is only new for me, not necessarily new for the world, but i read a wonderful book...
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nobody seems to be debating the idea that the president is leading but was really clear is mitt romney was taking on water in the definition of who he is personally. then they suddenly put more pressure that the v.p. pick and convention was going to serve as a relaunch. they needed definition. i think in a perfect world they wanted to be in a position where they didn't need the vchlt p. pick to be used as a way to essentially relaunch. they're not in that position. that's the reall ty of the moment. it should be said while they didn't have much of a relationship, they did bond and there was -- there was an aspect to them that they do like each other personally. the rom is neys and ryans did b. that matters in the romney world as well. you can't sort of be connected on the issues, be it political necessity. you have to sort of be comfortable in that club. but i go back, you know. he needs to sort of put definition to beyond being the rich guy who looks out of touch to the middle class, and at this point he needed someone else. portman wing going to serve as a relaunch in that respect. n
nobody seems to be debating the idea that the president is leading but was really clear is mitt romney was taking on water in the definition of who he is personally. then they suddenly put more pressure that the v.p. pick and convention was going to serve as a relaunch. they needed definition. i think in a perfect world they wanted to be in a position where they didn't need the vchlt p. pick to be used as a way to essentially relaunch. they're not in that position. that's the reall ty of the...
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a week ago ginrich was very far behind mitt romney. what happened was he put juan williams in his place on monday night at the debate and john dmg his place. >> understand as emotions hope and anger are very closely related. >> that's a profound statement. >> you take all the hope and when it failses and collapses what you get is anger. right now what ginrich is harvesting is the anger of the public in an economic reality. barack obama ran on hope and change that hasn't morphed and exceptionalism is a contradiction to the apologies that -- so they claim are completely false of the president. those are the dichotomy that anger and exceptionalism against apology and hope. >> let's bring in dave weigle joining us from columbia. thanks for joining us. >> it is a great day in south carolina, chris. >> dave, i'm curious how -- how do you explain my theory of -- my theory of ginrich's gains are the resentment driven upheave afl him having moments of confrontation with juan williams and john king and i think under one radar stories on bane cap
a week ago ginrich was very far behind mitt romney. what happened was he put juan williams in his place on monday night at the debate and john dmg his place. >> understand as emotions hope and anger are very closely related. >> that's a profound statement. >> you take all the hope and when it failses and collapses what you get is anger. right now what ginrich is harvesting is the anger of the public in an economic reality. barack obama ran on hope and change that hasn't...
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it's not like this is a new debate. >> we talk about how the business community was at odds with the campaign. in terms of preventing a debt ceiling showdown, it may be his ally. >> a former health care adviser to the romney campaign, david k. johnston and joan walsh thanks for joining us. >> understanding the tragedy might be impossible. why dry? after this. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. sxz final hours sleeping in his car outside the houm of another woman. the kansas city police department released video of him sleeping and whether there's a glimpse of him before he took the life
it's not like this is a new debate. >> we talk about how the business community was at odds with the campaign. in terms of preventing a debt ceiling showdown, it may be his ally. >> a former health care adviser to the romney campaign, david k. johnston and joan walsh thanks for joining us. >> understanding the tragedy might be impossible. why dry? after this. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of...
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. >> that's mitt romney in a public primary debate in detroit asserting his ownç kind of, if not rags to riches sort of median riches to ultra riches story, and i think it's very interesting the way that he has to, and one of the conventions of running for president, is to construct for yourself some kind of meritcratic success story. talked about how he left connecticut and struck out in the texas oil fields. the son of a senator and four five generations of society folks. george w. bush, conversion story, getting rid of his drinking ways and his loose youth and turning his life around and mitt romney is in the middle of constructing even though the fact his father was a governor, had a major car company, constructing for himself this meritcratic story supplemented by ann romney about their early years at byu. moved into a $65 a month apartment with a basement floor. it was tiny and i didn't have money to carpet the floor. but you can get remnants, samples. i glued them together. it looked awful. but we happy. studying hard. neither had a job because mitt had enough of investment fro
. >> that's mitt romney in a public primary debate in detroit asserting his ownç kind of, if not rags to riches sort of median riches to ultra riches story, and i think it's very interesting the way that he has to, and one of the conventions of running for president, is to construct for yourself some kind of meritcratic success story. talked about how he left connecticut and struck out in the texas oil fields. the son of a senator and four five generations of society folks. george w....
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a day after that debate romney responded to a question from a reporter and said this. >> what's the effective rate i've been paying? it's probably closer to the 15% rate than anything because my last ten years, i've -- my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income or rather than earned annual income. >> of course, the penny dropped. romney doesn't want to release his taxes not because of what it will reveal about mitt romney the man but because of what it will reveal about his policies and mitt romney's policies. the republican party's policies vision for how to address the extreme and accelerating inequality that threatens the nation's very bonds of representation. their answer is to make it worse. growing inequality is the central story of the american political economy over the past three decades. it has two components. on one side is growing inequality in pre-tax income. we've seen a yawning gap open up between the 99% and 1%. ceos made 35 times more than the average worker in 1978. by 2010, even after the financial crisis, ceos made 233 tim
a day after that debate romney responded to a question from a reporter and said this. >> what's the effective rate i've been paying? it's probably closer to the 15% rate than anything because my last ten years, i've -- my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income or rather than earned annual income. >> of course, the penny dropped. romney doesn't want to release his taxes not because of what it will reveal about mitt romney the man...
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gave talking about fema, the federal emergency management agency, back in june during a republican debate. take a look. >> fema's about to run out of money and there are some people that say do it's a case-by-case basis and some people are saying maybe we are learning a lesson that maybe the states should take on more of a role. what do you say to that? >> absolutely. anytime you have a chance to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. we should take all of what we're doing on the federal level and saying what are the things we are doing we don't have to do and those things we have to stop doing. we're borrowing $1.6 trillion more than we're taking in. >> the romney campaign in customary fashion walked it backwards and said we're not sending fema to the states. michael, as the libertarian at the table, should he have come back and doubled down on this and said, yeah, fema, should be in the private sector of the states? >> obviously back
gave talking about fema, the federal emergency management agency, back in june during a republican debate. take a look. >> fema's about to run out of money and there are some people that say do it's a case-by-case basis and some people are saying maybe we are learning a lesson that maybe the states should take on more of a role. what do you say to that? >> absolutely. anytime you have a chance to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the...
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go back and look at the second debate. i have never had a person stand next to me in a civil engagement and be as substantially dishonest as he was. i-didn't have any good mechanisms. i will by the next debate. i didn't have any good mechanisms to turn to somebody that was being blatantly dishonest to the entire country for candidate it is a president. >> that moment, newt gingrich, i have never seen such dishonesty in politics who i thought we were all in church. what is going on? >> don't you think he really means zblit absolutely. that's why it is so fascinate. >> it would be so different if i thought he was playing that sympathy card for something. i feel that anxiety in his but, i just didn't know what to say about something so dishonest going on. you know, i really have been trying to figure out why newt gingrich is running for president. is he actually running for president? is he planning to be the nominee and potentially president of the united states? is he running to work out some sort of ego great aatification
go back and look at the second debate. i have never had a person stand next to me in a civil engagement and be as substantially dishonest as he was. i-didn't have any good mechanisms. i will by the next debate. i didn't have any good mechanisms to turn to somebody that was being blatantly dishonest to the entire country for candidate it is a president. >> that moment, newt gingrich, i have never seen such dishonesty in politics who i thought we were all in church. what is going on?...